ᴹQ. Vaiya pn. “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean”
Name for the Outer Sea appearing in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SM/236). It is vai(y)a “envelope” used as a proper name (Ety/WAY,GEY).
See Q. Ekkaia for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/GEY; LR/209; LRI; LT1/86; LT1I; MR/157; MRI; PE22/126; SM/236, 241; SMI
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| vai(y)a | “envelope” |
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| ᴹ✶wā́yā > Vaiya | [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] | ✧ Ety/GEY |
ᴱQ. Vai pn. “Outer Ocean”
References ✧ GL/21; LT1/61, 85-86; LT1A/Vai; LT1I; LT2I; PE16/78; QL/100; SMI
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| vainolisse | locative plural | ✧ PE16/78 |
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| ᴱ√VAẎA > Vai | [βaðʲ] > [vaðʲ] > [vaj] > [vai] | ✧ QL/100 |
ᴱQ. Vaitya pn. “Outermost Airs”
References ✧ GL/21; LT1/85-86; LT1A/Vai; LT1I; PE15/68; QL/100; SMI
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| ᴱ√VAẎA > Vaitya | [βaðʲtʲā] > [βaðʲtʲa] > [vaðʲtʲa] > [vajtʲa] > [vaitʲa] | ✧ QL/100 |